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  2. Which way do flags point on sailing ships? - Straight Dope

    boards.straightdope.com/t/which-way-do-flags-point-on-sailing-ships/251727

    Exgineer June 23, 2004, 12:50am 6. It’s very simple. Flags hung from sailing ships, like ensigns or signal flags, stream with the wind. Relative to the ship, they could be “pointing” in almost any direction, depending on the point of sail. They’ll be going one way on a reach, and somewhere else on a tack. If your sails are flogging and ...

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    boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-mail-a-flash-drive/619727

    Best way to mail a flash drive? - Straight DopeJoin the discussion on how to safely and cheaply send a USB stick by mail. Learn from the experiences and tips of other users.

  4. Chewy, the pet food company, no longer takes responsibility for...

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    We have been ordering pet supplies from Chewy for years and never had an issue on those rare (maybe once a year) occasions when something arrived damaged. We would send them pics and they would send a replacement. Just how it should be, right? Today our shipment arrived with a crushed box of cat food pouches. Hubs contacted Chewy who told him that they were sorry that he was having FedEx ...

  5. Best way to cut thick metal pipe. - Straight Dope

    boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-cut-thick-metal-pipe/655608

    johnpost April 13, 2013, 4:06pm 9. the abrasive blade in a circular saw works well. if you don’t keep it steady in the cut the blade will destructively disintegrate with a loud bang. with the reciprocating saw you don’t want to stress the blade; use oil, keep it straight, go slow but still cutting.

  6. Could olden day cannons penetrate a modern USA destroyer or...

    boards.straightdope.com/t/could-olden-day-cannons-penetrate-a-modern-usa...

    So, let’s say a olden day first rate naval ship of the 1625’s and over from England managed to score a full broadside on a modern Arleigh Burke destroyer’s hull after it had crept around a rocky hill therefore hiding it from the Burke’s view. I think that such a ship could do quite a bit of damage, since modern USA naval ships are built only to withstand the water pressure and not ...

  7. Driving In The U.S. With Foreign Plates In A Foreign Script

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    This Polish woman is driving across the U.S. in her camper van, the vehicle proudly displaying Polish/EU plates. Some Googling seems to reveal that it’s perfectly OK to drive a vehicle in the US with foreign plates on it, so long as the registration is current, all of the i’s are dotted and t’s crossed insurance-wise, yada yada yada. Here’s the thing: I imagine maybe four in ten cops ...

  8. What's the proper name for those bollards that you tie boats up...

    boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-proper-name-for-those-bollards-that-you...

    If you are tying up a ship, for example a cruise ship, tanker, or Navy ship, you would use a hawser -" a “very large rope”, to tie up to a BOLLARD, a post like large item sticking up out of the pier. P.S. I was told that “the difference between a boat and a ship is that you can carry a boat on a ship.” (18+ years US Navy Reserve)

  9. How Accurate Was WWII Naval Gunfire? - Straight Dope

    boards.straightdope.com/t/how-accurate-was-wwii-naval-gunfire/262942

    Factual Questions. ralph124c September 3, 2004, 10:35am 1. I was reading about the battles of WWII, and recall that there were very few engagements between battleships. And, at extreme ranges (>16,000 yards) it seems that it was very difficult to hit moving targets. This is not surprising, because a gun shell is essentially an unguided missile ...

  10. Everlast's What It's Like: what do these lyrics mean?

    boards.straightdope.com/t/everlasts-what-its-like-what-do-these-lyrics-mean/253863

    My 17-year-old asked me, and I didn’t know, so I’ll ask you guys: in the Everlast song What It’s Like, one line is: I’ve stroked daddy’s dimes at least a couple of times before I broke their hearts.

  11. Porn Mags..Holy Sh.....What Changed? - Straight Dope

    boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-mags-holy-sh-what-changed/202909

    Basically, Internet porn has eaten the magazines for lunch. Playboy has a few hundred thousand subscribers, down from millions in its heyday decades ago. Penthouse has pretty much gone broke, and the article mentioned that the most-recently-published issue was likely to be its last; the cover model hadn’t been paid.